PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES MEMBERS
TO THE STEERING COMMITTEE ON THE COMMISSION
OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION

President Clinton announced his intent to appoint Attorney General
Janet Reno, Donald Gips, and Brigadier General Donald Kerrick to serve
as Members of the Steering Committee on the Commission of Critical
Infrastructure Protection. They will serve alongside Chair Robert
Marsh and Defense Deputy Secretary John White.

Attorney General Reno of Florida currently serves as the United
States Attorney General. Prior to her appointment as Attorney General,
Ms. Reno served as the State Attorney for Dade County, Florida. Ms.
Reno was appointed to the position by the Governor of Florida and was
subsequently elected to that office five times. She received her A.B.
in Chemistry from Cornell University and her LL.B. degree from Harvard
Law School.

Mr. Gips of Washington, D.C., currently works in the Office of the
Vice President as Chief Domestic Policy Advisor. Prior to joining the
Executive Office of the President, Mr. Gips served a three-year tenure
as the FCC's Deputy Chief of the Office of Plans and Policy and later
as Chief of the FCC's International Bureau. Before working at the FCC,
Mr. Gips held the position of Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company,
an international consulting firm. He helped create the Corporation
for National Service and served as Executive Assistant to the Director
of the 92nd Street Y. Mr. Gips also served as a Senior Policy Analyst
for the Mayor of New York City's Transportation Office, and as
Operations Manager for the 1984 Bill Bradley Senate campaign. Mr.
Gips graduated from Harvard University, magna cum laude, in 1982
and received a Master's degree in Public and Private Management from
the Yale School of Organization and Management in 1989.

Brigadier General Kerrick of Florida, is currently the Deputy
Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. Prior to
his appointment to this position, General Kerrick served as the
Director for Operations for the Defense Intelligence Agency. In 1994
and 1995, he served on the White House National Security Council as
Director of European Affairs. General Kerrick was also appointed to
be the White House and National Security Council representative on the
United States' Balkans Peacekeeping Delegation that concluded a peace
accord ending the Balkan conflict. His combat experience includes
service in Southeast and Southwest Asia. Upon graduation from Florida
Southern College, General Kerrick was commissioned a Second Lieutenant
in the United States Army. His military awards and decorations
include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior
Service Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster, and the Legion of Merit with
two Oak Leaf Clusters.

The purpose of the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure
Protection is to bring together the government and the private sector
to develop a strategy for protecting and assuring the continued
operation of this nation's critical infrastructures. These include
telecommunications, electrical power systems, gas and oil
transportation, banking and finance, transportation, water supply
systems, emergency services (including medical, police, fire, and
rescue) and government services.